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Deciduous Azalea occidentale
A wonderful sweet-scented June flowering azalea with large white and pink flowers and an orange blotch. It has good autumn foliage colours. Selected from the best plants in Oregon and California, this is a stunning plant. Height 120-150cm in 10 years.
occidentale has been used in the development of many beautiful scented deciduous azalea hybrids, but can be prone to mildew towards the end of the summer,...
Deciduous Azalea Helena Evelyn
We have discounted these 5l plants due to damage caused by a late frost, but will not effect plant growth.
(H6) Rich sugar pink 'Homebush' hybrid. Grows best in light dappled shade or full sun. This is a doubled flowered plant of excellent quality and a lovely shade of pink. Height 150cm in 10 years.
One of 4 lovely 'Homebush' hybrids bred by noted New Forest Azalea breeder George Hyde, who bred...
Deciduous Azalea Berryrose AGM
This plant has lovely rose pink flowers with a yellow blotch in the throat flowering in late May. The scented large flowers are 100mm wide in trusses of 10. It has coppery new foliage and striking autumn colour. Height 150-180cm in 10 years. Requires a fairly sunny position.
Recommended for strking flower and fragrance.
Easy to grow.
Group:Deciduous Azalea (Exbury hybrid).
Parentage: unknown.
Hybridization...
Deciduous Azalea Sugared Almond
(H6) Pale pink flowers in late May with good autumn colour. Height 150-180cm in 10 years.
• Easy to grow.• Group: Deciduous Azalea.• Parentage: Unknown.• Introduced: 1951.• Bred by: Unknown. Origin: Exbury Gardens, England.• Habit: Upright.• Ideal position: Most garden situations with some sun.• Ideal soil: pH 4.5 to 6.• RHS Hardiness Rating: H6.•...
Deciduous Azalea Narcissiflorum AGM
Lovely small pale yellow flowers, with darker centre and outside, 30mm across. Sweetly scented double honeysuckle type flowers in May - June, followed by good autumn colour and one of David's recommended varieties. This is an unusual but highly sought after plant which is one of our specialities. Height 150-180cm in 10 years.
Recommended for amazing scented flowers.
Easy to grow.
Group:Deciduous...
Deciduous Azalea Hamlet
Stunning warm salmon orange flower with a striking dark reddish orange spotted flare. A Mollis type of Azalea flowering in May with good autumn colours. Height 140-160cm at 10 years. Requires a fairly sunny position.
Ideal for mixed borders.
Easy to grow.
Group:Deciduous Azalea (Mollis hybrid).
Parentage: molle subsp. japonicum X molle subsp. molle.
Hybridization date: pre 1950 (1931).
Bred...
Deciduous Azalea Milton
Beautiful small 50mm white flowers with an orange yellow blotch. Mid to late May. Height 140-160cm in 10 years. Requires a fairly sunny position.
Recommended for attractive double flowers.
Easy to grow.
Group:Deciduous Azalea (Rustica hybrid).
Parentage: unknown
Hybridization date: pre 1900 (1888).
Bred by: L. de Smet. Origin: Belgian.
Habit: upright.
Ideal position: Most garden situations...
Deciduous Azalea Ilam Ming
Amazing vivid orange flowers up to 90mm wide with a yellow flare flowering in May - June. A great introduction from New Zealand. Height 140-160cm after 10 years. Requires a fairly sunny position.
Recommended for wonderful orange flowers.
Easy to grow.
Group:Deciduous Azalea (Knaphill hybrid).
Parentage: unknown.
Hybridization date: pre 2000 (1974).
Bred by: J.S. Yeates. Origin: New Zealand.
Habit:...
Deciduous Azalea Water Baby
(H6) Red in bud, opening to beautifully scented baby pink honeysuckle type flowers in June/July. Amazing bluey foliage all summer. Raised by Ted Millais at Crosswater Farm. Height 120-150cm in 10 years.
Recommended for late flower and lovely fragrance.
Easy to grow.
Group:Deciduous Azalea (viscosum hybrid).
Parentage: viscosum X 'Water Girl'
Hybridization date: pre 2000 (1997).
Bred by: E.G....
Deciduous Azalea Fruit Salad
(H6) Vibrant scented dark pink flowers with deep orange flare in June/July, fading to paler pinks and yellows with attractive glossy foliage. Raised by Denny Pratt and launched by Millais Nurseries in 2009. This plant was selected by Ted Millais as a plant labelled DP103 at Dunham Massey. A stunning plant that is useful to extend the flowering season. Height 120-150cm in 10 years.
Recommended for...
Deciduous Azalea Soft Lights
(H6) Rich pink in bud, opening to enormous double blooms of pastel pink and shades of soft cream. This gives a variable two tone effect in late May with different colours on different flowers. An outstanding introduction from New Zealand. Best in light shade. Height 150-175cm in 10 years.
Raised by Denis Hughes, a noted rhododendron breeder from Blue Mountain Nurseries, in the South of New Zealand....
Deciduous Azalea Stopham Joy
(H6) Deep pink scented flowers with a prominent orange flare on the upper lobes. Late flowering in June, so best planted in some light shade to preserve the flowers. Height 150cm in 10 years.
This azalea was bred by Denny Pratt who was famous for his breeding of late flowering azaleas at Fittleworth in West Sussex. It was planted out in the garden of Jack Harrington, his friend and gardener for many...
Deciduous Azalea Tower Dainty
(H6) Characterful small soft pink flowers, overlaid with paler and darker shadings of white and purplish pink, with a brilliant orange yellow blotch on the upper lobe. Profuse and deliciously scented flowering during May. Height 125-150cm in 10 years.
An historic plant from Roza Stevenson's famous Tower Court gardens where she lived with her second husband, General Harrison. This was named for...
Evergreen Azalea Snow Hill AGM
Lovely large white flowers with a pale greenish yellow eye up to 70mm across, flowering in May. A good bushy plant with a spreading habit and pale green leaves. Height 40-60cm in 10 years. One of the best white azaleas which performs well, and one of our favourites.
Ideal for containers. Great for cascading over walls.
Easy to grow.
Group: Evergreen Azalea (Southern Indica hybrid).
Parentage:...
Deciduous Azalea Pink and Sweet
(H6) Delightful late flowering small mauvey-pink fragrant flowers with a dark pink central stripe to each lobe. The upper lobe is set off with a bright yellow blotch. Flowers in June and July. A very hardy plant from Eastern USA. Best in light dappled shade for long flowering. Height 125-150cm in 10 years.
• Recommended for fragrant flowers.• Easy to grow.• Group: Deciduous Azalea.•...
Deciduous Azalea Hanger's Flame
Wonderfully bright dazzling orange flowers with a slightly more golden blotch on the upper lobes, in May-June. Later flowering than some others, and lightly scented, which is rare for an orange variety.
This was raised by Francis Hanger and was planted out by John Slocock in a collection of Hanger azaleas at Charles Hill Nurseries and code-named FH8. Here it was spotted by Ted Millais who planted...
Evergreen Azalea Magic Flute AGM
Prolific, vibrant purple-pink fluted, hose-in-hose (double) bell shaped flowers up to 40mm across. Flowering in May this is an exciting new introduction from the late George Hyde, an acknowledged Azalea breeder. It has an excellent compact and neat habit. Height 60cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Hyde hybrid).
Parentage: Unknown.
Hybridization...
Deciduous Azalea Jock Brydon AGM
We have discounted these 5l plants due to damage caused by a late frost, but will not effect plant growth.
Striking pinky white flowers with a bold speckled reddish orange blotch and wavy ruffled edges. A stunning occidentale hybrid with a good scent in May and June. This is vigorous as a young plant with arching branches. Height 150-180cm in 10 years.
Recommended for striking scented flowers.
Easy...
Deciduous Azalea canadense 'album'
Dainty white flowers appearing before the lovely bluish green leaves. Flowering in April-May, it is a low plant which thrives in damp conditions. It is tough with a low upright stolloniferous habit. Height 120cm in 10 years. It prefers a fairly sunny position.
Ideal for more damp conditions, flowers earlier than most.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: damp conditions but likes some sun.
Habit: upright.
Group:...
Deciduous Azalea Chelsea Reach AGM
(H6) Very attractive shades of creamy yellow flowers, which are flushed pink, during mid-late May. A double flowered Ghent type azalea from the famous Knap Hill Nurseries, with wonderful red orange autumn foliage. Height 125-150cm in 10 years. Requires moist acid soils.
Bred by the late Donald Waterer.
Recommended for attractive flowers.
Easy to grow.
Group:Deciduous Azalea (Knap Hill hybrid).
Parentage:...
Deciduous Azalea Northern Hi Lights
Yellow buds open in May to beautiful creamy white scented flowers with a prominent bright yellow upper lobe giving a two tone effect. Gorgeous autumn colours. Bred at the University of Minnesota in North America, so it is exceptionally hardy. Height 120 - 150cm in 10 years. Requires a fairly sunny position.
Recommended for beautiful scented flowers.
Easy to grow.
Group:Deciduous Azalea (Northern...
Deciduous Azalea occidentale (Palomar 402)
A wonderful sweet-scented June flowering azalea with large white and pink flowers and an orange blotch. It has good autumn foliage colours. Selected from the best plants in Oregon and California, this is a stunning plant. Height 120-150cm in 10 years.
occidentale has been used in the development of many beautiful scented deciduous azalea hybrids, but can be prone to mildew towards the end of the summer,...
Deciduous Azalea schlippenbachii 'Sid's Royal Pink'
A selected clone raised in America with beautiful pale pink saucer-shape flowers in April - May. It has excellent autumn colour. It does need a sheltered site especially when young. Height 120-150cm in 10 years.
Recommended for beautiful flower and great foliage.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: needs careful site selection with some shelter.
Habit: upright.
Parentage: selection...
Deciduous Azalea Daviesii AGM
We have discounted these plants due to damage caused by a late frost, but will not effect plant growth.
Pink buds open creamy, and then change to white flowers, with a yellow blotch. Beautifully scented, the flowers are up to 65mm across in May - June. Tough and lower growing than most deciduous azaleas. Good autumn leaf colour adds extra interest. Height 120-150cm in 10 years.
Recommended for...
Evergreen Azalea Torchlight
A good looking orangey red flower in mid May. Height 50-75cm in 10 years. Strong, compact, spreading and easy growing. Best in partial shade.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea
Parentage: Unknown
Hybridization date: Unknown
Bred by: Unknown
Habit: Compact, spreading.
Ideal position: Tolerates more shade.
Ideal soil: pH 4.5 to 6.
RHS Hardiness Rating:...
Evergreen Azalea Johanna AGM
Superb large carmine red flowers in May. This plant is one of the best azaleas for autumn foliage, with dark shiny leaves turning dark red in winter. We love it because it looks good all year. Highly recommended! Height 75-90cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens and fabulous foliage.
Easy to grow.
Group: kaempferi (hybrid).
Parentage: 'Florida' (s) X seedling
Hybridization date:...
Deciduous Azalea Glowing Embers
Striking vivid reddish orange flowers with a vivid orange blotch flowering in late May - early June. Height 120-150cm in 10 years. This plant does need a fairly sunny position to perform well.
Recommended for striking flowers.
Easy to grow.
Group:Deciduous Azalea (Exbury hybrid).
Parentage: unknown
Hybridization date: pre 2000 (1958).
Bred by: E. de Rothschild. Origin: British.
Habit: upright.
Ideal...
Deciduous Azalea Golden Sunset AGM
We have discounted these 5l plants due to damage caused by a late frost, but will not effect plant growth.
Lovely orange red buds open to light yellow flowers that are tinged orange, with an orange flare in the throat. Large flowers up to 65mm across in a truss of 30 flowers, appearing in late May. This plant has light green foliage slightly tinged bronze with good autumn colours. Best in a sunny...
Deciduous Azalea arborescens 'Pink form' AGM
(H6) The 'Sweet Azalea'. A selection with pale pink flowers and a yellow blotch. R. arborescens Pink form is well scented flowering in July. From Eastern USA. Height 120cm in 10 years. Grows slowly into a large shrub.
Recommended for lovely fragrance and late to extend the flowering season.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: most garden situations, likes some sun.
Habit: upright.
Group: Deciduous...
Evergreen Azalea Scout
(H5) Large light orangey red flowers in late April and early May. A Glenn Dale Azalea from America which grows broader than tall in habit. A good strong growing plant. Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
• Ideal for containers, most garden situations and front of borders.• Easy to grow.• Group: Evergreen Azalea.• Parentage: ‘Malvaticum’ (s) X indicum (deep salmon-flowered...
Evergreen Azalea Gaiety
Beautiful large pale pink flowers with a darker blotch (the flowers are 50-75mm wide). Flowering in May, early to mid season, this plant has a broad rounded habit. The American Glenn Dale hybrids were bred for their larger flower and ability to be cold hardy. This plant was voted one of the 'Top 20' in the Glen Dale hybrids survey of 1980. Height 60-80cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small...
Deciduous Azalea Anneke
Large brilliant yellow flowers with vivid yellow spotting. The flowers are 80 to 100mm wide, 9 in each truss. Another of our favourites, this is a beautifully scented cultivar raised by Denny Pratt flowering in May-June. Height 140-160cm in 10 years. Requires a fairly sunny position.
This plant was selected as outstanding by a well-known Dutch nurseryman, Fred de Jong, and named after his daughter...
Evergreen Azalea Ben Morrison
Large deep orange-pink flowers, with red spotting and white wavy edging flowering in May. This is a vigorous plant with an upright open habit. A very striking bicoloured azalea. A semi evergreen variety which drops its lower leaves in the Autumn/Winter. Although this plant was propagated by Ben Morrison of Glenn Dale in Maryland, America, it was registered and introduced after his death by The United...
Evergreen Azalea Edna Bee
Wonderful deep pink large hose in hose/semi double flowers that are up to 70mm across. Flowering in May this is a neat tough compact grower. Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens, including rock gardens and front of borders.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Kurume hybrid).
Parentage: 'Elizabeth Gable' X un-named pink seedling
Hybridization date: pre 2000 (c.1965).
Bred...
Evergreen Azalea Ima Shojo
(H4) Strong red flowers, deeper in the throat, and with red anthers. Characterful and dainty 22mm wide hose-in-hose double flowers in May. Forms a dome shaped plant with a height of 50-75cm in 10 years.
This is one of the original 'Wilson's 50' azaleas, numbered Wilson 36, collected in Japan by Ernest Wilson in 1917 and introduced to England as Azalea 'Fascination'. Like all 'Wilson 50's, this plant...
Evergreen Azalea Hinodegiri
(H4) Characterful and small, 25mm funnel shaped red flowers with deep red anthers forming a domed truss in early May. The leaves are glossy and mid green, on a dome shaped plant. Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
This is one of the original 'Wilson's 50' azaleas, Wilson no,42, collected in Japan by Ernest Wilson in 1917 and introduced to England as 'Red Hussar'. The Wilson 50 azaleas are not as tough as...
Evergreen Azalea Geisha Red
(H6) Multiple small bright red flowers in May. An interesting red evergreen azalea with low mounded habit, bred to withstand the cold winters in Germany. Height 40-60cm in 10 years.
W.Arends, (descendant of astilbe botanist Georg Arends (1863-1952)), bred the Geisha series of evergreen azaleas during the 1960's. (Haruko, Hiroko, Kazuko, Kumiko, Michiko a Takako).
Evergreen Azalea Azuma-kagami
(H3-4) Phlox pink hose in hose (double flower) with darker shading flowering in May. Best in semi shade. Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
Evergreen Azalea Florida AGM
This is a popular variety with large deep red hose-in-hose double flowers around 55cm across in May. It is a tough plant with glossy leaves that turn a lovely reddish in autumn and winter. Height 60-75cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens, great autumn foliage.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (kaempferi hybrid).
Parentage: Un-named seedling no. 37 G1 X 'Vuyks Scarlet'
Hybridization...
Evergreen Azalea Chipmunk AGM
Prolific bright pink hose in hose double flowers in late June up to 55cm across. This is a lovely compact plant with neat glossy foliage. Height 40-60cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens and to extend the flowering season.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Northern European hybrid).
Parentage: 'Vida Brown' (s) X 'Lemur'
Hybridization date: pre 2000 (1979).
Bred by: P.A....
Evergreen Azalea Squirrel AGM
Bright scarlet, long-lasting flowers (up to 30mm), which hold their colour well. A good late flowering variety for June. An excellent tough and very hardy plant from Scotland, with a dense low growing habit. Height 40-60cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers. Great for cascading over walls and to extend the flowering season.
Easy to grow.
Group: Evergreen Azalea (nakaharae hybrid).
Parentage: 'Galathea'...
Evergreen Azalea Geisha Orange
Wonderful bright reddish orange flowers around 25mm across. Flowering in late April and May, this is a really good orange evergreen azalea with a low mounded habit. Height 40-60cm in 10 years.
Registered name is Satschiko.
W.Arends, (descendant of astilbe botanist Georg Arends (1863-1952)), bred the Geisha series of evergreen azaleas during the 1960's. (Haruko, Hiroko, Kazuko, Kumiko, Michiko a Takako)....
Evergreen Azalea Louise Dowdle
Striking and very large rosy purple/deep pink flowers around 75mm across, with a deeper blotch and occasional pale centres. Flowering in May this plant has a broad and wide spreading habit. Height 60-80cm in 10 years.
Ideal for small gardens and mixed borders.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Glenn Dale hybrid).
Parentage: 'Vittatum' x mucronatum(s) X 'Shinnyo-no-tsuki'
Hybridization date:...
Evergreen Azalea Frosted Orange
This is a lovely plant with stunning large white flowers with a wide orange/reddish border. The flowers are up to 75mm wide, showing themselves later in the season in late May and June. It has a low mounding habit and is tolerant of more heat. Height 60-75cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens. Late flowers.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (American hybrid).
Parentage: 'Bunka'...
Evergreen Azalea Purple Triumph
One of our favourites with large and showy deep purple flowers with deeper speckling. Flowers are up to 55mm in May. This is vigorous, broad spreading bush, which benefits from a light trim of any long growth after flowering. Height 60-80cm in 10 years.
Ideal for small gardens, including rock gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Vuyk hybrid).
Parentage: 'Beethovan' (s) X un-named seedling.
Hybridization...
Evergreen Azalea Kermesina Rose AGM
Stunning plant with an abundance of pretty rose pink flowers with an unusual white picotee edge. Flowering in mid May and forming a neat dome full of colour. A modern hardy azalea which is becoming very popular and is one of the more hardy of the two-tone varieties. Height 60cm in 10 years.
Also known as Kermesinum Rose.
Ideal for small gardens and unusual flower.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen...
Evergreen Azalea Girard's Hot Shot Variegated
Brilliant fiery red 65mm single ruffled flowers in early May. This is a wonderful recent American introduction, with a low compact, spreading habit and variegated leaves. We love this tough plant for the pale yellow margins to the leaves that make this a great choice for any garden. Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
Ideal for stunning foliage.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (North American hybrid).
Parentage:...
Evergreen Azalea kiusianum 'Hillier's Pink' AGM
Extremely attractive clear lilac pink flowers in May. Semi-dwarf prostrate plant from Japan which often loses leaves in winter but is very hardy. Height 45-60cm in 10 years.
kiusianum is one of the most common native azaleas of Japan and is treated as a species. This is a wonderful pink flowered clone hybridized by Hilliers Nursery.
Ideal for cascading over walls .
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen...
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Millais Nurseries grow one of the widest ranges of Rhododendrons and Azaleas in the world, and have an unparalleled experience of the genus, and have achieved 5 consecutive RHS Gold medals at Chelsea. We propagate around 35,000 Rhododendrons each year, by cuttings, grafts, seed and micropropagation. These are supplied to keen gardeners, large estates,...